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CWA World Heavyweight Championship

The CWA World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the top title of the German professional wrestling promotion Internationalen Berufsringer Verbandes (IBV), later renamed the Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) in the title's honour. The title was created on August 2, 1973 and deactivated on December 4, 1999. The championship was contested under 15 three-minute rounds.

CWA World Heavyweight Championship
Details
PromotionCatch Wrestling Association
Date establishedAugust 2, 1973
Date retiredDecember 4, 1999
Statistics
First champion(s)Otto Wanz
Most reignsOtto Wanz and Rambo
(4 reigns)
Longest reignOtto Wanz
(3,172 days)
Shortest reignBull Power
(111 days)

The title changed hands in four countries South Africa, Austria, the United States, and Germany and three continents - Africa, Europe, and North America.

Key
No.Overall reign number
ReignReign number for the specific champion
DaysNumber of days held
No.ChampionChampionship changeReign statisticsNotesRef.
DateEventLocationReignDays
1Otto WanzAugust 2, 1973House showCape Town, South Africa11,491Defeated Jan Wilkens to become the first champion.[1]
2Don Leo JonathanSeptember 1, 1977House showJohannesburg, South Africa1317  
3Otto WanzJuly 15, 1978House showGraz, Austria23,172  
4Bull PowerMarch 22, 1987House showDenver, Colorado, United States1111 [1]
5Otto WanzJuly 11, 1987House showGraz, Austria3772 [1]
6Bull PowerAugust 21, 1989House showVienna, Austria2123  
7Otto WanzDecember 22, 1989Catch CupBremen, Germany4190  
—VacatedJune 30, 1990—Graz, Austria——Championship vacated when Wanz retired. 
8Bull PowerDecember 22, 1990House showBremen, Germany3196Defeated Rambo to win the vacant title. Bull Power (Big Ban Vader) also held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in Japan and the UWA World Heavyweight Championship in Mexico in the same time. 
9RamboJuly 6, 1991Catch CupGraz, Austria1532  
10Road Warrior HawkDecember 19, 1992Euro Catch FestivalBremen, Germany1196  
11RamboJuly 3, 1993Clash of the ChampionsGraz, Austria2896  
12Ludvig BorgaDecember 16, 1995Euro Catch FestivalBremen, Germany1371  
13RamboDecember 21, 1996Euro Catch FestivalBremen, Germany3196  
—VacatedJuly 5, 1997—N/A——Vacated when Rambo left CWA for the World Wrestling Federation 
14Marshall DukeAugust 16, 1997Catch CupVienna, Austria1442Defeated Ulf Herman to win the vacant title. 
—VacatedNovember 1, 1998—N/A——Championship vacated for undocumented reasons 
15RamboDecember 19, 1998Euro Catch FestivalBremen, Germany4350Defeated Big Titan to win the vacant title. 
—DeactivatedDecember 4, 1999Euro Catch FestivalBremen, Germany——The event marked the last time that the title was defended. CWA closed after the event. 

Combined reigns

RankWrestlerNo. of
reigns		Combined days
1Otto Wanz45,635
2Rambo41,981
3Marshall Duke1442
4Leon White / Bull Power3420
5Ludvig Borga1371
6Don Leo Jonathan1317
7Road Warrior Hawk1196

See also

References

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